kind of the same as watching old disney movies. like the lion king or the little mermaid and everyone knows at least one song. i may be just nostalgia? but if it didn't have such a deep* story I wouldn't have re watched it over and over ... and over ...

I have mixed feelings about this topic...in truth its probably just the Anime's that I watch that I've out grown and not Anime as a whole. lets take the most obvious example,

Naruto.

on one hand I can't stop watching it...I have to know how the freaking thing ends!!!

on the other hand, I find the character's level of maturity really inconsistent...one second their being really smart and battle strategic, and the next, acting like morons...that's when I remember they are only supposed to be like 16...which then makes the parts where they're kicking trash less believable.

obviously Naruto isn't the only anime that this happens with...it's almost all of the one's that I watch(the only anime I have no problam with doing this, is Gintama, lol got to love it)...which is why i find myself thinking I'm too old...

and on another note i can only watch/read maybe 1 or 2 Shojo's with out being pissed of, these freaking spineless heroins i tell you... ...i"m sorry but even when i was 16 I was never that stupid...